KELLY, Frank K(ing)

KELLY, Frank K(ing)
(1914-)
   US writer who began to publish sf with "The Light Bender" for Wonder Stories in 1931, and who rapidly became known for SPACE-OPERA tales of some bleakness, though later titles were infused with an idealistic glow. He stopped writing sf in 1935, turning to non-genre fiction and political histories, and it was not until 45 years later that his sf work became available again, with the release of Starship Invincible (coll 1979). FKK cofounded the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutionsin 1959, and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in 1982.
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